Tag: Job Search
Was The Chef Let Go Because Of The Weevils?
We need to be careful where we eat out. Here on the Gold Coast we have lots of restaurants and other eateries. It’s a popular place with international tourists, interstate visitors and others from within Queensland. Not all are good to eat at. I know a chef: Myles Brett. I have known him for some [...]
Looking for new job? Create a professional, sophisticated online presence
Looking for new job? Use MyResume WordPress theme to promote yourself -create professional, sophisticated online presence. The My Resume theme has just been released. Why be like everyone else using those dry looking paper resumes? Yawn. Even the fancy ones cannot compare with a well constructed web based resume or curriculum vitae (CV). Web based [...]
Do you hate your job? Are you a wage slave?
Hating your job is very common. If you hate your job you are really a wage slave. A slave to your wage; attending your workplace to pick up your pay and somehow get through your day. It sucks whichever way you look at it. You can’t possibly give of your best to your employer – [...]
World class violinist plays in secret and is largely ignored.
Packaging, positioning and marketing sells. If you are running a business, trying to get a job, hoping to get a great date or otherwise trying to sell yourself, your ideas or services; then this Washington Post article about one of the world’s great violinists, Joshua Bell, playing six of the greatest violin masterpieces, in a [...]
Job search and business cards.
Job search using business cards. In my article; Job search better than other people, I mention the use of business cards when seeking employment, and that I would write an article on the subject. The article covered building a website for job search and just touched upon the issue of using a business card in [...]
Job search better than other people.
How to job search better than other people. I’ll be blunt… if you can differentiate yourself from other people, make yourself memorable, make it easy for yourself and potential employers then you are more likely to get the job you want. You need to make an effort and do something differently to most other people. [...]
Poor spelling can cost you money, or even a job.
Does good spelling matter to you? But, is that really the right question? Perhaps the right question is: Does good spelling matter to others? Why is this? Writing and publishing material which is poorly spelt is like going around poorly dressed. What you write is how you dress yourself in the minds of your readers. When you [...]
The Social Media (Twitter) Job Search Engine
A useful job search tool: TwitterJobSearch I quote: Until now, search engines for social media sites merely looked for words. We’re looking at context. We use semantic tools to look at what was said. We then look at what they’ve said before. We then look at who was saying it. If we do this right, [...]
Find your next job with Twitter.
Partly in view of the current hard times that some people are experiencing, I have recently been writing articles on job search via unusual methods – things that can give people an extra edge, or ‘leg up’ in their job search. Here is an interesting article with information about using Twitter for job search. Be [...]
New methods of job search – continued.
Yesterday, in a post about job search, I said that I would write another today detailing another unusual method of job search. In this article I will be discussing the .jobs domain name extension (instead of .com on the end for example – we are looking at sites with .jobs at the end of the [...]
Looking for a job? Or career change? Consider new methods of job search.
Perhaps you, or someone you know is looking for a job. Or maybe wanting a career change. Many people these days are aware that the Internet is a good place to look for jobs. What is not so well known however are the more ‘unusual corners of the Internet’. Unusual in the sense that they [...]
Get out of your comfort zone and learn something different.
For some people this article may seem a bit ‘left field’, however by time you get to the end it should make a lot more sense for you. Many of us go through life without learning much new; or if we do, it is related to our interests or career. I have been a big [...]
Hate your job? Find your Dream career.
Do you hate your job? If not, I am sure that you know someone who does. “I hate Mondays” – you have probably heard that before too. (I love Mondays! – another new week of an exciting life filled with opportunity). Why are you still in a job you hate? There could be many reasons [...]
